According to The Oneida Daily Dispatch, four teens from the ages of 17 to 21 were arrested early Thursday morning on July 12.

At 4:30 a.m. that morning, Oneida City Police were called to a complaint of a car alarm on North Willow Street. While they were responding to the call, they got another call from someone in the area reporting suspicious persons in a vehicle on McGuire Street.

As they approached them, three boys fled into a nearby backyard and into the wooded area behind it.

When the police caught them a short time later, they arrested the boys and charged them with third degree criminal trespass.

The three teens that were originally arrested were Tyler J. Golden, 17; Zachary Coonrad, 18; and Matthew J. Bombard,17.

After further investigation they were charged with third degree grand larceny and police discovered that there was a fourth boy assisting the other three. Patrick J. Markle, 21, was also charged with both third degree criminal trespass and third degree larceny.

They have been alleged to have stolen a value of $3,000 worth of property from multiple parked vehicles.

As of now they the boys committed to Madison County Jail with a lieu bail set of $10,000 each. Their court date was scheduled for July 13 at Oneida County Court.